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June 13, 2018

Korean bishops call for prayer amid ‘joy’ after Trump-Kim summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12. Signing a joint statement, President Trump agreed to provide security guarantees to North Korea and Chairman Kim reaffirmed his commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
WASHINGTON – At a highly-anticipated summit on June 12, President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un signed a joint-statement making commitments “to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.”
Published in International
May 9, 2018

Religious freedom efforts in the spotlight as North Korean prisoners freed

A view shows a Pyongyang city mass rally Aug. 2017 in North Korea's Kim Il Sung Square.
WASHINGTON – The release of three American prisoners from North Korea was hailed as an important first step in addressing abuses within the nation, as U.S. leaders call for a continued expansion of religious freedom initiatives in U.S. foreign policy.
Published in International
August 10, 2017

Ex-Vatican diplomat: U.S., North Korea must return to negotiating table

A view shows a Pyongyang city mass rally Aug. 10 in North Korea's Kim Il Sung Square. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, an adviser to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, says dialogue is needed in the U.S.-North Korea crisis.
VATICAN CITY - The United States and North Korea must return to the negotiating table and focus on improving the quality of life of their people rather than on the might of their advanced weaponry, said a former Vatican diplomat.

Published in International
March 31, 2017

French priest pleads for safety of North Korean Christian refugees

Despite the presence of the Jangchung Cathedral, the only Catholic Church and one of four official Christian places of worship in Pyongyang, Christian persecution in North Korea is rampant.

PARIS – A French Catholic priest working with North Korean refugees in China said conditions have worsened for surviving Christians under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un and urged the Chinese government to give shelter to fugitives from the communist-ruled country.

Published in International